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<p>[QUOTE="Pavlos, post: 6539701, member: 96635"]Congratulations [USER=91461]@Ryro[/USER]!!! Amazing addition and nice write-up.</p><p><br /></p><p>A coin from Knossos:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1261914[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>Crete, Knossos. AE. 40/30 B.C.</b></p><p><b>Obverse:</b> Laureate head of Zeus to right; to right, vertical thunderbolt. Counterstamp: eagle right.</p><p><b>Reverse:</b> K-Y/ Δ-A/ Σ. Eagle with spread wings standing to right.</p><p><b>Reference:</b> RPC 934; Slg. Traeger 193; Svoronos 142, Pl. VII, 19.</p><p>11.06g</p><p><br /></p><p>This coin from Crete has a pattern as well on the reverse, not sure what it means:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1261916[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>Crete, Kydonia. AR Diobol. Early 2nd century B.C.</b></p><p><b>Obverse:</b> Head of a nymph to left.</p><p><b>Reverse:</b> Raised \'skew\' pattern.</p><p><b>Reference:</b> Dewing 2000. SNG Lockett 2548.</p><p>1.40g; 15mm[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Pavlos, post: 6539701, member: 96635"]Congratulations [USER=91461]@Ryro[/USER]!!! Amazing addition and nice write-up. A coin from Knossos: [ATTACH=full]1261914[/ATTACH] [B]Crete, Knossos. AE. 40/30 B.C. Obverse:[/B] Laureate head of Zeus to right; to right, vertical thunderbolt. Counterstamp: eagle right. [B]Reverse:[/B] K-Y/ Δ-A/ Σ. Eagle with spread wings standing to right. [B]Reference:[/B] RPC 934; Slg. Traeger 193; Svoronos 142, Pl. VII, 19. 11.06g This coin from Crete has a pattern as well on the reverse, not sure what it means: [ATTACH=full]1261916[/ATTACH] [B]Crete, Kydonia. AR Diobol. Early 2nd century B.C. Obverse:[/B] Head of a nymph to left. [B]Reverse:[/B] Raised \'skew\' pattern. [B]Reference:[/B] Dewing 2000. SNG Lockett 2548. 1.40g; 15mm[/QUOTE]
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